Music Review

High Lonesome Sound (1996)

Vince Gill
Reviewed by Tony Scherman | Jun 07, 1996
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: Vince Gill; Genre: Country

Though Vince Gill's fans would disagree, his voice, a sort of soupy high-tenor, can be insufferably cloying. He's evidently trying for a harder sound on High Lonesome Sound than on his recent mega-hits, but he's too tame-hearted (or bottom-line conscious) to risk letting the rough edges show. If Gill shut up and played his guitar, he'd be a lot poorer — but the world wouldn't be. B-

Originally posted Jun 07, 1996 Published in issue #330 Jun 07, 1996 Order article reprints

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